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the President that Braden would be able to remain in the
Department at least until after this Argentine situation
had been arranged. I felt that this was in our best
interest for many reasons as well as for his own. So far
as I am concerned, I have kept Spruille informed of every-
thing that I am doing and I do not think that any Chief
of Mission in the American Republics has endeavored to
to collaborate with the Assistant Secretary in charge of
American Republics Affairs more thoroughly than I haw.
I doubt is any more complete information concerning de-
velopments has come to the Department from any country in
the Americas than from here. So far as I am concerned I
have no quarrels and no differences whatever with him,
but he seems to be taking a personal attitude in this
matter and that is something which cannot be done by any
officer of the Department.
I am writing you this letter because I accepted this
mission at your request and that of the President and
because there was a job to be done which I felt could be
done. I am on the way to doing this job and we are more
than half way. I cannot, however, work against all the
obstacles which I have to contend with and carry through
this job if the attitude of the Department is not going
to be completely constructive and equitable. I am absolute-
ly confident that I understand the President's views and
yours in this matter and I am absolutely confident that
I am going to have your support. That is the only reason
why I accepted the mission and why I remain on it. It
is because I know the job is so important/ and that if we
fail to take this opportunity which we have we will not
have it again for years and that is a risk which we can-
not take. Spruille seems to miss this point entirely.
I am just as much attached to principle as he is. I am,
however, trying to reach a constructive and realistic
solution and am not trying to ask the Argentine to do
things which others of the American Republics have not
done and will not do. In the matter of ratification of
the Acts of Mexico City and San Francisco and in the mat-
ter of Axis schools and instritutions the Argentine has
adequately and fully complied. In the matter of enemy
property and aliens they are hard at workdand they have
obstacles which are tremendous and which I have tried to
make clear to the Department, but they will be overcome
and I am satisfied that we will end with a program of
performance which will be equal to if not better than
that of any one of the other American Republics.
In your
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